Fushigi Yûgi, Vol. 17

Brief Description:
Reads from right to left in the traditional Japanese format.

Biographical Note:
Yuu Watase debuted in the Shôjo Comic manga anthology in 1989. She won the 43rd Shogakukan Manga Award with Ceres: Celestial Legend. One of her most famous works is Fushigi Yûgi, a series that has inspired the prequel Fushigi Yûgi: Genbu Kaiden. In 2008, Arata: The Legend started serialization in Weekly Shonen Sunday.

Marc Notes:
First published by Shogakukan Inc. in Japan as Fushigi Yugi. --T.p. verso.;Reads from right to left in the traditional Japanese format.;Parental advisory ... this volume contains realistic and fantasy violence and sexual situations--T.p. verso.;Miaka's collected the four stones she needs in order to help return Taka's memory, but the demon god Tenko has stolen them.;Rated T+ for older teen.;Translated from the Japanese.

Publisher Marketing:
A Beloved Fantasy From One Of Japan's Top CreatorsProlific shôjo (girls) comics artist Yuu Watase has created a wonderfully exciting, funny, and heartfelt tale of a normal junior-high-school girl who is transported into a fictional version of ancient China. She encounters base villains and dashing heroes, and still manages to worry about her grades and where her next banquet is coming from.